Damn you, Gareth Evans! While the filmmaker teased having a story in mind for The Raid 3, he won’t be looking to direct that sequel which fans are on pins and needles waiting for. Instead, Evans will turn his attention to the yakuza and the 1967 film noir, A Colt Is My Passport. Ok, this should be pretty awesome, too.
According to Jeff Sneider, Evans will direct a remake of Japanese Yakuza noir A Colt Is My Passport for Amazon MGM’s Orion Pictures . The original, directed by Takashi Nomura and starred legendary actor Joe Shishido in one of his dozens of yakuza roles. Heavily inspired by the French New Wave movement, the film centered on a contract killer and his partner who are hired by a yakuza boss to assassinate a former partner, only for the job to go south.
This is a project Evans has been circling for a few years, ever since he first saw the film during the pandemic. I have to agree, it’s fondly remembered for a reason and probably Shishido’s best film.
Evans recently directed Tom Hardy in the Netflix actioner, Havoc, which shared some spiritual connection to The Raid and The Raid 2. He also directed Apostle, which was a departure. There’s no start date for A Colt Is My Passport, but expect Evans to take his time to get it right.
